My Kitchen Rules series 15: Difference between revisions

Series of television show

Season of television series

The fifteenth season of the Australian competitive cooking competition show My Kitchen Rules premiered on the Seven Network on 1 September 2025.^[1]

The fifteenth season auditions opened in October 2024.^[2] In November 2024, the series was officially renewed at Seven’s Upfronts.^[3]

Teams

Hometown/state		Group	Teams	Relationship	Status
Cronulla	NSW	1	Justin & Will[citation needed]	Best mates	Competing
Glenelg	SA	1/2	Maria & Bailey	Boss friends	Competing
Logan	QLD	1/2	Lauren & Lilly (Lol & Lil)	Besties	Competing
Perth	WA	2	Danielle & Marko	Happy couple	Eliminated 9 November (Semi-Final Round 1)
Adelaide	SA	2	Mark & Tan	Competitive mates	Eliminated 4 November (Ultimate Instant Restaurant)
Gold Coast	QLD	1/2	Michael & Rielli	Opinionated couple	Eliminated 20 October (Kitchen HQ: Round 2)
Melbourne	VIC	1	Anne & Maree	Greek mother & daughter	Eliminated 13 October (Kitchen HQ: Round 1)
Brisbane	QLD	2	Amy & Lara	Saucy divorcees	Eliminated 6 October (Instant Restaurant: Round 2)
Sydney	NSW	1	Mel & Jacinta	Feisty cousins	Eliminated 15 September (Instant Restaurant: Round 1)

Elimination history

Teams’ competition progress

Round:	Instant Restaurants		Kitchen HQ Cook Off		UIR	Semi Final		Grand Finale
	1	2	1	2	Final 5	1	2
Teams	Progress
Justin & Will	1st (79)	→	Safe (1st)	Safe (1st)	1st (75)	Safe	—
Lol & Lil	5th (64)	4th (69)	Kitchen HQ (21)	Safe (2nd)	2nd (68)	—
Maria & Bailey	3rd (68)	5th (62)	Safe (1st)	Safe (1st)	3rd (64)	—
Danielle & Marko	—	1st (84)	Immune	Kitchen HQ (22)	4th (62)	Lose	Eliminated (Episode 22)
Mark & Tan	—	2nd (80)	Safe (2nd)	Safe (2nd)	5th (56)	Eliminated (Episode 21)
Michael & Rielli	4th (65)	3rd (72)	Safe (2nd)	Kitchen HQ (21)	Eliminated (Episode 16)
Anne & Maree	2nd (78)	→	Kitchen HQ (19)	Eliminated (Episode 14)
Amy & Lara	—	6th (58)	Eliminated (Episode 12)
Mel & Jacinta	6th (50)	Eliminated (Episode 6)

Cell descriptions
	Team won a challenge, cooked the best dish or received the highest score for the round.
Safe	Team was safe from elimination after passing a challenge/round.
→	Team continued to next the challenge/round.
	Team was eliminated after losing in a Cook-Off or round.
	Team lost a challenge, cooked the weakest dish, and must compete in elimination cook-off.
	Team was eliminated after losing in a Cook-Off or round.
	Team received the highest / higher score in an elimination Cook-Off.

Competition details

Instant Restaurants

During the Instant Restaurant rounds, each team hosts a three-course dinner for judges and fellow teams in their allocated group. They are scored and ranked among their group. The two highest scoring teams at the end of the round will advance directly to the next round, and the lowest scoring team will be eliminated, while the three remaining teams will go into a second instant restaurant round against three gatecrasher teams.

Round 1

• Episodes 1 to 6
• Airdate — 1 to 15 September
• Description — The first of the two instant restaurant groups are introduced into the competition in Round 1.

Mel and Jacinta’s elimination was cited by fans as one of Australia’s most funniest moments in reality TV in 2025.

Round 2

• Episodes 7 to 12
• Airdate — 16 September to 6 October
• Description — The second of the two instant restaurant groups are introduced into the competition in Round 2.

Kitchen HQ Cook Off

Round 1

• Episode 13
• Airdate — 7 October
• Description — All the teams face off for the very first time in Kitchen Headquarters, where they take on the pick-a-fridge challenge. After getting the highest score in the instant restaurants overall, Danielle and Marko have immunity.

• Episode 14
• Airdate — 13 October
• Description — Two OG teams face off in an epic banquet challenge in the first elimination of the season.

Round 2

• Episode 15
• Airdate — 14 October
• Description — The top 6 teams face off in Kitchen HQ with another pick-a-fridge and two teams are sent to the elimination cook off.

• Episode 16
• Airdate — 20 October
• Description — It’s the second elimination cook off in Kitchen HQ as two teams battle it out to remain in the competition.

Ultimate Instant Restaurants

• Episodes 17 to 21
• Airdate — 21 October to 4 November 2025
• Description — For the start of the finals round, the Top 5 teams head into an Ultimate Instant Restaurant round. All teams have to cook two dishes for each course (entree, main and dessert) for their fellow finalists and the judges for scoring. Guests have a choice of choosing one of the options per course while the judges Manu and Colin each taste one of the two options. The lowest scoring team is eliminated as the remaining four teams are ranked into the semifinals. Unlike the instant restaurants, guest scores were publicly revealed in front of others.

Colour key:

  – Judge’s score for course option 1

  – Judge’s score for course option 2

Semi Final

Round 1

• Episode 22
• Airdate — 9 November 2025
• Description — Justin & Will compete against Danielle & Marko. All four teams tasted the meals, but only the judges scored.

Round 2

• Episode 23
• Airdate — 10 November 2025
• Description — Lol & Lil compete against Maria & Bailey

Ratings

Colour key:

  – Highest rating

  – Lowest rating

  – Elimination episode

  – Finals weeks

Week	Episode		Air date	Viewers (millions)[a]	Nightly rank[a]	Source
1	1	Instant Restaurant 1-1: Justin & Will	Monday, 1 September	0.817	5	[4]
	2	Instant Restaurant 1-2: Anne & Maree	Tuesday, 2 September	0.792	7	[5]
	3	Instant Restaurant 1-3: Michael & Rielli	Wednesday, 3 September	0.882	5	[6]
2	4	Instant Restaurant 1-4: Maria & Bailey	Monday, 8 September	0.886	5	[7]
	5	Instant Restaurant 1-5: Lol & Lil	Tuesday, 9 September	0.883	5	[8]
3	6	Instant Restaurant 1-6: Mel & Jacinta	Monday, 15 September	0.998	5	[9]
	7	Instant Restaurant 2-1: Danielle & Marko	Tuesday, 16 September	0.876	5	[10]
4	8	Instant Restaurant 2-2: Maria & Bailey	Tuesday, 23 September	0.934	5	[11]
	9	Instant Restaurant 2-3: Mark & Tan	Wednesday, 24 September	0.966	5	[12]
5	10	Instant Restaurant 2-4: Lol & Lil	Monday, 29 September	0.936	5	[13]
	11	Instant Restaurant 2-5: Michael & Rielli	Tuesday, 30 September	0.975	5	[14]
6	12	Instant Restaurant 2-6: Amy & Lara	Monday, 6 October	0.993	3	[15]
	13	Kitchen HQ Cook Off Round 1	Tuesday, 7 October	0.947	5	[16]
7	14	Kitchen HQ Elimination 1	Monday, 13 October	0.947	5	[17]
	15	Kitchen HQ Cook Off Round 2	Tuesday, 14 October	0.940	5	[18]
8	16	Kitchen HQ Elimination 2	Monday, 20 October	1.032	5	[19]
	17	Ultimate Instant Restaurant 1: Justin & Will	Tuesday, 21 October	0.995	3	[20]
9	18	Ultimate Instant Restaurant 2: Lol & Lil	Monday, 27 October	1.026	3	[21]
	19	Ultimate Instant Restaurant 3: Danielle & Marko	Tuesday, 28 October	1.064	3	[22]
10	20	Ultimate Instant Restaurant 4: Maria & Bailey	Monday, 3 November	1.043	3	[23]
	21	Ultimate Instant Restaurant 5: Mark & Tan	Tuesday, 4 November	1.053	7	[24]
11	22	Semi Final 1	Sunday, 9 November	1.013	3	[25]
	23	Semi Final 2	Monday, 10 November			[26]
12	24	Grand Final	Sunday, 16 November			[27]

Notes

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